let's take a look though at the states that brought him over the threshold, the 270 nee as of right obama has a projected 303. this to mitt romney's 206. as we go to the map, states -- look at this. the 25 states in the district of columbia went blue for the pres so far the only swing state that swung for mitt romney was north carolina. and we bring back in our panel ghters that i am so excited to have with me. break we talked about marriage equality and the big things that we have seen take place this evening. i, i'll start with you because wend what vote in this election. but that had to make a big difference in states like maryland and maine and also in)r washington state where -- and just to be clear about this those were places where people were to vote yes if they were for marriage equality. in minnesota it's a no vote if you are against having the state constitution amended to ban marriage equality. hopefully at 3:30 a.m. i was hopexplaining that correctly to everybody. >> you nailed it. >> okay. thank you, joan. >> this is classic late-night talk. >> yes. the insomniacs out there